Walking the beach in search of Treasure

Month: April 2014

Good Morning from calm and beautiful Honeymoon Island. When I arrived at the North Parking lot the wind was barely blowing which seems to be a rarity on the island. The waves were not so fierce today. The Seagulls were chilling out and the seashells were rolling in.

Lots of Fighting Conchs, Olives and Lighting Whelks. I even found a Banded Tulip, from this angle it looks perfect & pink but unfortunately it was destroyed on the other side. If you can see that little orange blob, it is an orange Jingle. First one! As soon as I took this picture the wind started up again and things got a little smelly by the beach. Decaying beach matter, oh and that GIGANTIC decapitated fish head that scared the be-jesus out of me,

Today we went out to the North Oasis beach at Honeymoon Island, we were about an hour and a half until low tide. I found great things washed up around the trees, so I climbed in. I shell pile is so deep that I found a lot of shells buried under rocks and in between the roots. A tree line so close to the water is a great place to look.

I found some great stuff and displayed it on a “concrete” rock. All colors of Olives, Augers and Juvenile Fighting Conchs, a Leopard Crab shell and Lightning Whelks. I even found a fossilized shell, it looks like a very, very old Florida cone. There were plenty on Fighting Conch shells, but most of them had tenants so I put them back out. All in all is was a great day rummaging amongst the waves.

I decided to take a trip to the Container Store to find a new way to display my shells. Since I am a shell snob now, only the best make it in here. 🙂 It is high up on a shelf, away from little hands. I used a Bigso Stockholm Document Box in Turquoise, clear rectangular boxes with lids and some felt. I am sure I will outgrow this at some point, but for now I am in love!